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According to the official microblog of the Chinese Air Force, on November 12, Yu Xu of the Bayi Air Show Team died due to a failed parachute jump in a flight accident. As soon as the news came out, netizens mourned the departure of the blue sky "golden peacock".
However, this incident actually caused some "keyboard men" to "spray", pretending to understand the technology of the "white pants" claiming that "the performance of the ejection seat is unstable" and "female pilots are not suitable for aerobatics"; while the keyboard man who is good at slandering has thrown out the golden oil of "the Bayi air show team is an image project" and "in order to break through and make achievements, regardless of the lives and deaths of soldiers". Here, the sample brother wants to say to these keyboard parties: don't rush to spray, first supplement calcium. A powerful army will never be afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, heroes are not distinguished between men and women, Yu Xu has gone all the way!
Text | Helan Mountain Que
"Golden Peacock" sacrifice details: After successful ejection, unfortunately hit the wing of the wingman
Yu Xu WeChat avatar
Yu Xu's circle of friends forever stopped on November 11, 2016, and the last message of her circle of friends was: Happy birthday to the Air Force. Just like her WeChat avatar, she held a white gardenia in her mouth and gently closed her eyes.
According to the west China Metropolis Daily, on November 12, An accident occurred between Yu Xu and his teammates while flying the performance aircraft, the pilot in the front cabin jumped successfully, and when the female pilot in the rear cabin, Yu Xu, jumped, the catapult hit the aileron of the wingman, resulting in a failed skydive.
Born in 1986, Yu Xu is the squadron leader of the Air Force's Bayi Air Show Team, and she is not only the first female pilot of China's fighter aircraft, but also the first female pilot of China's J-10 fighter. In 2009, she graduated from the People's Liberation Army Aviation University with full honors, and six months later, she participated in the 60th anniversary military parade. The petite Sichuan girl's last public appearance was at the Zhuhai Air Show, which just ended last week.
In the memories of relatives and friends, Yu Xu is a girl who loves beauty, beautiful and generous, but she works very seriously, and she can resist at key moments. Yu Xu's friend asked her, "Such a weak and beautiful girl, aren't you afraid to fly a plane?" Or the J-10 fighter. She said, "Don't be afraid!" I especially like the feeling of soaring in the blue sky, and I am very happy to fly a plane! ”
Yu Xu's life photos
Keyboard warriors don't rush to spray, please shut up in front of the truth
The "Golden Peacock" Yu Xu's failed skydive sacrifice has triggered some network speculation and doubts, and some "white pants" who pretend to understand technology claim that "the performance of the catapult seat is unstable" and "female pilots are not suitable for aerobatic flight". However, don't get punched in the face too quickly.
The details disclosed by the West China Metropolis Daily this time mentioned that Yu Xu hit the wingman's aileron after catapulting and parachuting. Since the ejection compartment has even opened the umbrella, it is obvious that this accident is not directly related to the aircraft ejection seat. In the process of keeping the number of flight hours in line with the world's first-class air force, the news of the crash of Chinese warplanes for various reasons meets with the media every year, and very few of them fail to shoot parachutes.
In fact, the Chinese Air Force's J-10 series fighters have been equipped with third-generation ejection seats, which can automatically adopt the corresponding life-saving mode according to the different speeds of the pilots when they leave the aircraft, and have successfully saved many pilots. In a flight accident reported by CCTV in mid-October last year, a J-10 fighter plane of the former Shenyang Military Region suffered an engine stopping accident during live-fire training, and pilot Li Tong chose to parachute and land safely in order to protect the safety of people's lives and property, and finally dropped to an ultra-low altitude of 351 meters, and this height is also rare in the field of world aviation catapult parachuting.
Yu Xu's identity as a female pilot has made some netizens question why fighter pilots, as a high-risk industry, should let women serve. It is true that the flight control levers of early fighters were hydraulically or mechanically driven to control the wing surface of the aircraft, which necessarily required good arm strength, so there have been few women in the history of fighter pilots. However, the J-10 fighters are all equipped with the fly-by-wire control of the world's leading water products, and the flight control lever also adopts the way of side rod arm support, driving the J-10 weighing more than a dozen tons and changing gears as flexible and lightweight as the car. Therefore, gender is no longer the focus when selecting pilots, and technical qualifications are the focus.
On the question of whether female pilots are suitable for aerobatics, Chinese aviation expert Wang Yanan explained that from the physiological factors, there is no evidence that female pilots are not suitable for such aerobatic flights. After inquiring, the sample brother found that there were also female pilots in the US Navy's Blue Angel aerobatic performance team.
Female pilots on the U.S. Navy Blue Angels air show team and F18 fighter jets behind them
Challenge risk is a trait in the bones of soldiers, and 4 foreign performance teams have been intensively wrestling within a week
In this network questioning, many keyboard heroes threw out the old routine of "the Bayi Air Show Team is an image project" and "in order to break through and achieve political achievements, regardless of the lives of soldiers". Yes, clear-eyed people can see at a glance, which is actually the same as complaining about "the Tiananmen National Flag Guard trained out leg disease" and "kicking the right step and folding the quilt has no practical significance". However, when these keyboard men commented on the "trick gun" of the US military (the rifle with the bayonet was rotated into the air and then dropped to catch it), the tone of the mouth became "the courage of the soldiers" and "the real man", never mentioning the "image project" and "disregarding the lives of the soldiers".
Foreign military fancy gun drill thrilling performance
Aerobatic performances are an important way for the air forces of major countries to display their images in peacetime, and the more exciting the aerobatic actions that make the audience exclaim, the higher the risk. The courage to challenge risks is the military culture necessary for any good army in the world. The average pilot should use scientific methods to avoid risks when training, while the aerobatic team takes the initiative to challenge risks.
Anyone who has watched the aerobatic performance video knows that the distance between two planes in a dense formation of multiple aircraft can be calculated in centimeters, which is similar to the drivers borrowing fires and lighting cigarettes from each other in two cars speeding at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. When asked about the safety of the air show during the Zhuhai Airshow, Cao Zhenzhong, captain of the Bayi Air Show Team, said: "Our principle is wonderful and not thrilling, and we will not and will not allow safety to be disregarded for the sake of excitement." ”
In recent years, serious accidents in which foreign famous air show teams have been destroyed and killed during training and performances have also appeared frequently. In the week at the beginning of June this year, 4 of the world's top air show teams fell one after another, which was called "Black June" by the media. At the graduation ceremony of the U.S. Air Force Academy on June 2, the F16 fighter of the Air Force Thunderbird Show Team crashed in front of Obama, and the pilot parachuted to escape; on the same day, the F18 fighter of the US Navy Blue Angel Show Team crashed during training, and pilot Jeff Kuss was killed on the spot; on June 9, a Su-27 fighter of the Russian Warriors Performance Team crashed in northeast Moscow, and Squadron Leader Yerenmenko was killed; on June 9, local time, two F5Es of the Swiss Patrol Parade collided in the air, and the pilots ejected to escape.
In the face of any aviation accident, do not easily conclude that "so-and-so is not OK" before the cause and details are clearly investigated, which is the basic logic of analyzing the problem, and it is the minimum respect for the hero. According to normal procedures, the specific causes of such accidents require careful investigation and analysis by a special investigation team to draw conclusions, and it is too hasty and disrespectful to draw conclusions based on only a few words circulating on the Internet.
Finally, brother Fan would like to say that although choosing the profession of soldier means sacrifice, and a strong army never fears blood and sacrifice, Yu Xu's sacrifice is still regrettable. In any case, heroes do not distinguish between men and women, "Golden Peacock" all the way!